The Most Expensive Book Ever Auctioned Is a Hebrew Bible, and It’s Going to Israel
The sale of a sacred codex at Sotheby’s totals more than $38 million.
The oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible in the world, the Codex Sassoon, written more than a millennium ago, was auctioned at Sotheby’s on Wednesday for more than $38 million. That is the most ever paid for a book.
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